Where it really comes in handy is file open/save dialogs or any Explorer window — you can simply use the middle-click function to show the menu, and once you’ve selected something, Folder Menu will automatically navigate to the correct folder from within the dialog.

Mr. Boren, who works for Google, was chided for having a Google phone, but it came in handy because he could bring up a road map of the area and see which routes were marked in green (flowing traffic) to yellow and red (congestion).